Etesian A refreshing northerly summer wind of the Mediterranean, especially over the Aegean Sea.
Euros The Greek name for the rainy, stormy southeast wind. (Glossary of Meteorology) ...
Etesian (Greek name) or Meltemi (Turkish name) (northerly across Greece and Turkey)
Föhn (warm dry southerly off the northern side of the Alps)
Gregale (northeasterly from Greece)
Harmattan (dry northerly wind across central Africa) ...
One of these climate characteristics is the etesian (periodic) wind of the summer months. This is a moderate to strong northerly wind which blows from mid May to mid October, peaking during July and August.
except the Mediterranean, Texas, and the western coasts of the United States and Chile. In India the term is popularly applied chiefly to the southwest monsoon and, by extension, to the rains which it brings. See brisa, elephanta; compare etesians, ...
 See also: Norther, Season, Circulation, Winter, Summer
  
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